Circle of Spies (the Culper Ring)

Name: Circle of Spies (the Culper Ring)
Rating: 4.6 (123 reviews)

by Roseanna M. White Book 3 in the The Culper Ring series.

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During the final months of the American Civil War, Marietta Hughes discovers that Confederate conspirators have been meeting beneath her home. Drawn into the espionage tradition of her family, she works with Union supporters to identify the Knights of the Golden Circle and prevent further attacks. The investigation also forces her to confront secrets left by her husband and decide where loyalty lies when family and country conflict.

The plot links Civil War espionage to the Revolutionary-era intelligence tradition associated with the Culper Ring. Marietta inherits not a formal organisation but habits of secrecy, coded communication and divided personal loyalties. The final months of the Confederacy make those skills especially dangerous, because conspirators who know military defeat is approaching may be more willing to use sabotage and assassination.